I Can Blink Like an Owl (Board book)

~ Frank Asch (Author, Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Young children love to mimic their favorite animals. I Can Blink Like an Owl plays with an animal's facial movements and expressions. A simple action word under each picture gives children a clue how to animate the picture shown. With die-cut openings in the center of each picture -- and an unbreakable Mylar mirror to peek into at the back of each book -- this sturdy board books is made to be handled again and again by babies and toddlers.

Product Details

• Reading level: Baby-Preschool
  
• Board book: 12 pages
• Publisher: Kids Can Press (1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1550743805
• ISBN-13: 978-1550743807
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,772,283 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars All of my children love this book., July 21, 1998

By A Customer

This book is one of the few that are geared perfectly for infants. Each page is a mask for you and your child to make believe you are an animal with. My youngest could make a noise for each animal in the book by the time she was 9 months old.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, September 15, 2001

By	Anne Hilliard (dixon, IL USA) - See all my reviews

"I Can Blink" has an animal pictured on each page. Each animal has a hole cut out where the face should be. The idea is to use the hole to display your own (or the child's) face to make the animal faces as the book is read. The original was a stroke of genius in its design and simplicity. It was a wonderful, interactive way to read a book with a small child but, this version of the book falls short. The hole for your face is two inches in diameter. There is a mirror on the last page so that your face will show for the child (if you see the child's face) and if you hold the book a little distance from your face. Only half of the pages can use the mirror. I have read this book with several children between two and three years old (one child at a time, of course). I have not had a child attend to the fun of making animal faces with this version of the book. The only book that I know to compare it to is the original "I Can Blink" which measures 12"x8" and the 4" hole goes through the entire book, no mirror. The idea was to hold the book up to the face of the reader (or the listener) and do what the book describes the animal doing (I can sniff like a dog. I can shake my head like a horse. etc). The book could be read in front of a mirror so that the child could watch the fun while making the faces. The original was my son's favorite book (he's 17 years old and I still have it, held together with clear tape). I had so looked foreward to reading this book with other children. I was disappointed when the focal point of the book (the hole through which the mirror shows your face) was too small to hold the attention of the children that this book was meant for. This book lacks to ability to provide interaction as the original did. It would probably do for a child to play with alone or with toy animals. The original "I Can Blink" is a Five Star publication that encourages interaction between adult and child, but this version gets thumbs down from me.